Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15

and when the Doctor ceased his search he
stood on the porch of the lodge, the per-
SEPARATION standing on his brow, while his
important bearing and evident indigna-
tien only heightened the mockery of the
scene. At first he had given way to
little outburst of wrath, bidding the
official find the grave, look for 1t, and not
stand gaping there. It was the last straw
to lose the grave after losing future SON.
in-law. Then the folly of his anger
dawned upon him, and he had come to the
open door, and now stood looking down
the path at the bersaved girl, who passed
slowly on, scanning each new turned
mound with an unconcealed apprehen-
sion. He had to tell the news to her.
Thanking the officials, who, at first irri-
tated, were now half Sympathetic in their
manner, he went quickly along the path
till he overlook Olive. She turned to
meet him with an inquiring glance which
took no heed of the sigh of perplexity on
his countenance.
"Olive," he said trying to assume the
light tone in which he would utter some
mere commonplace; "Olive, I'm afraid
there's been some mistake"
eyes, father, What?" but the tone in
which the question was uttered showed a
lack of interest; there was but one sub
iect about which she felt anxiety.
"Why," and in trying to break the news
he put it as bluntly as possible, sit seems
| that Henry was not buried here"
For the time she thought he merely re-
| ferred to the part of the cemetery wheI 9
they were. Her lips were just parting to
reveal her thoughts when he went on:
'sHe was not buried in this cemetery at
| all; in fact, my dear, we've come to the
| wrong place."
where was it, then?" and this time
the dreaminess of tone seemed gone.
| "Oh," he said, 81 don't quite know; in
deed there has been an entire mistake,
and we must try and find out"
What more he might have said was
staid when he saw the look Of despair
that spread over the young girls coun-
tenance. He hurried her away, called g
cab and drove off once more to the sta
ton. Now his only wish was to get hel
hone in safety. His anxiety was not
without ground, for even before they
reached the North she sank into a half
unconscious condition, and when they got
/ her to her room it was only too evident
! that the excitement Of the past days had
| induced severe attack of brain fever
1 OF course she could not be left, so the
Doctor, determined to get the mystery
Il solved as soon as possible, went to his
/ brother, who lived IN the same town, an6
/ asked him to GO up to London and make
inquiries in his stead.
The next few days were chiefly marked
| by the increase of anxiety and the alb
sence OF news. Only one letter had beer
received, and shat letter minated tina
nothing had get been discovered of thu
smallest Importance. Meantime every
thing betokea severity ia the ilHess tina
had overtaasen Olive. There was Httl,
hope of her recovery, thought the Doctor
as. he stood by her bedside that YER,
evening after the receipt of this note
yet even he did not know how nea
to her was an end OF the weary series O.
disappointnents and triels that had bee,
crowded TITO so brief time. AS h,
turaed to quit the room he heard he
muEmur TIE name "Hengy," and when Ii
glanced roand in haste be spiea the Still
ness that lad come over her face. ;Sk.
he'd died with the name of her lover OF
hez lips.
By his plate, on Che 1zorroE, he forrs
o fresh dis patch froun his brother. 4.
be opened the envelope TO tal1e out Tia
letter an inclosed slip of paper futte7et
tie his feet. He did not stay 60 pick I
up, but began reading st once.
~THE CLARENCE, WEBsJEsDsE.-MY DE9E
DOUGLAS: Please read this letter when 20,
are by yourself, as the news which it con
tains is. G am sorry to say, anything bu
pleasing. When I wrote to you thi
nserning had not made up my mind a
to the course of action for the day, bu
the letterawa hardly posted when I de
terminedsto go to the newspaper of1ic
| and see i'll could get agy elew SIS to th'
place FROM which the advertisement o
| Ne Brinten's death had been sent. Ac
corGinglyL went in. They were yer,
| polite whea told them the reason O
! my eTrand, and the manager of tn
department came TO me at oGee. 81,
sent for the original OF the advertisement
which cane through their country agent
Nov L must ask you TO take heed to your
self, for here comes the terrible Eevela
| ton: The announcement Of death wa
written In Gives handwriting. 0f thi
[ have no doubt whatever On fHrthel
inquiry we found that ii had been PAID
for by a postal order drawn as your owl
Post Osice-a fact impressed on the
mind of the clerk who opened the cote
because he had lived not far fcon
there when e child. I fear the whole
| thing was an illusion.
Enclosed is the original OF the an
nouncement. Your affectionate brother
"E. A.. CAMPBELL''
He read the letter twice over, for he
scarcely caught its purport in the first
perusal. Then stepped and read through
the paper that had fallen to the ground
The news was only too true. For mo-
nent he sat quiet; then, and not till then,
did it strike him that Olive, and Olive
oRly, had taken in the foreign letters
from the pestman.
PECULIARLY FEMININE